Ace of Spades

Ace of Spades for GameBlast 2014!

We’re happy to announce that the Ace of Spades Community Team will be getting directly involved in raising money for GameBlast with a 24 hour live stream, we’re thrilled for you all to join us. Find out all of the details below.

Dates

Februrary 21st 1PM GMT - Februrary 22nd 1PM GMT

What is GameBlast?

GameBlast is a special 24 hour streaming event for SpecialEffect, the donations you all make will go towards making gaming easier for people with disabilities. To read more about the event as a whole click the link (http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/gameblast)

We’re just under a week away from the event but we have three opportunities for you guys to bag yourselves some goodies for showing off your skills! Read more about each specific event below.

Bring out the Dead

We’re looking for some outrageous over-the-top or serious Zombie voices that we could throw into our Stream while we attempt to take on the Zombie horde at one point. We're looking for Zombie death notices and/or Groans, show us what you got! Follow the steps below to get your audio clip on to the Ace of Spades Group.

First of all you need to do is head on over to www.soundcloud.com and register, upon register then record your Voice Clip in the .ogg audio format.

Upon joining, head over to your ‘Tracks’ then add your Zombie-esque track to the group.

Prize – You have the pleasure of having your voice being used in a special section of the stream!

GameBlast Buildathon

We’re looking for any talent map makers/teams to step up and make a map based on the theme of this event which is the charity GameBlast, when making your map it MUST have either the logo of ‘GameBlast’ or ‘SpecialEffect’ somewhere on the map.

We’ll be looking to feature some top maps so make sure you put your creative mind to use!

Prizes –

The prize for your creativeness is a £50 Amazon Voucher. The Ace of Spades Team will also donate the equivalent of that value also

OR you can give up that prize voucher and the Ace of Spades Community Team will do the same for ‘GameBlast’.

2 vs 2 Charity Wingman Rumble

During the 24 hour stream we will be featuring some fun 2 vs 2 matches, anyone who turns up at the time of the event can take part but if you register early you will be first on the list to play. You can signup now in the 'Events' section of the Ace of Spades Community Site (http://www.aceofspades.com/community).

Prizes –

The team that takes home the voucher is the team that wins by the highest margin, the game mode will be Multi-Hill.

The prize for winning is 2 x £25 Amazon Vouchers. The Ace of Spades Team will also donate the equivalent of that value also

OR you can give up that prize voucher and the Ace of Spades Community Team will do the same for ‘GameBlast’.

Steam ScheduleThe Schedule will be updated each day as we get closer to the event!

1PM - We announce the winners of the Ace of Spades RT, Follow & Win.

1.30 PM - Public Matches on the AoS Servers

3PM - Custom Game Masscare (Crazy settings + Rules)

5PM - Custom Game Requests, the viewers decide what rules we play on.

7PM - Buildathon Winner Announcement - We review the top maps made with the GameBlast tag.

1:00 AM - Bring Out the DEAD! - The Community Zombie voices come to life! In this special section of the stream, we show off all of the Community Made Voiceovers in Zombies!

3:00 AM - Best of Steam Workshop - Give an overview of who won the map making contest (cut down version) & then have a look through the workshop. We'll show you specifically why we chose this map and give you some advice upon on how to improve upon your maps!

5:00 AM - Public Freeplay - The Ace of Spades Team jump straight in to a public server to play a variety of standard games

You can already start donating for this worthy cause at (http://bit.ly/AoSGameBlastDonate), show your AoS colours by leaving a comment with your name! Starting next week, more information will be revealed about the stream, stay tuned!